Three SpaceX veterans decided to work on a new moon water-powered spacecraft.
A photo taken on May 13, 2019 shows a view of the moon in Cannes, southern France. - The Moon is steadily shrinking, causing wrinkling on its surface and quakes, according to an analysis of imagery captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) published Monday May 13, 2019.
These former SpaceX employees (who are brothers) founded the new Argo Space Corporation back in 2021.
Kirby Carlisle, Robert Carlisle, and Ryan Carlisle are hoping that their new aerospace startup will allow the world to achieve a new space economy beyond the low Earth orbit.
They expect their technology to free space missions from existing limitations.
SpaceX Veterans to Build Moon Water-Powered Spacecraft!
According to Tech Crunch's latest report, the Carlisle brothers will work on their first spacecraft called the Argonaut.
This artist's impression released 03 September 2006 shows the trajectory of ESA SMART-1 spacecraft in the final phase of its mission. Europe's first probe to the Moon SMART-1 crashed onto the lunar surface as scheduled at 7.42 am (0542 GMT) 03 September 2006 ending a successful 16-month mission, the European Space Agency announced today.
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This lunar propellant was named after a group of seafaring heroes in Greek mythology.
The Argonaut spacecraft is a reusable and refuelable model that can conduct energy-intensive transfers to GEO and other higher orbits.
It would rely on the lunar water that the Argo Space Corp. will collect from Earth's natural satellite.
"We look at this a lot like the California gold rush, where we are going to be commercializing this resource on the Moon," explained COO Kirby Carlisle.
He added that this could allow other companies to create their business on the lunar body.
Kirby explained that their space tech will help businesses to gather new resources, as well as bring new space mission capabilities.
Argo Space Corp's Goals
The new Argo Space Corporation aims to remove key limitations of the space economy. These include the following:
- The lack of reusable orbital transport vehicles.
- The lack of refueling methods in orbital transport vehicles.
- The lack of orbital transport vehicles for GEO and cislunar orbits (most of the orbital spacecraft models are only focused on LEO).
Via its official website, the Argo Space Corp. claimed that its plan could provide the freedom to explore outer space further.
You can visit this link to learn more about this aerospace startup.
In other news, Virgin Orbit filed for bankruptcy after its space launch operations were shut down.
The NASA TEMPO, an advanced air quality-observing tech, was launched recently.
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